Dallas Skaters Hope for a New Park

Dallas has one skate park—that's five less than Phoenix, two fewer than Austin, and 13 fewer than San Antonio. "Dallas city officials say they know many residents would use a public skate park, but they've never had the money or support to make it a priority," writes Tristan Hallman, Dallas City Hall Reporter for the Dallas Morning News.

Today, an initiative to build a new skate park in the city, which has long been proposed, has the support of Dr. Clinton Haley, "Haley picked up skateboarding one summer when he was 14, but he wasn't very good at it. But three years ago, he started to get into it again when his son, now 9, showed some interest. He wants other Dallas families to have that experience too," Hallman writes. Haley is looking to rally private funding and support around the project. Whether he can get enough skate enthusiasts to back the plan remains to be seen.